National Sustainable Development Centre

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National Sustainable Development Centre

• Professor Stephen Tinsley
• Professor Jan Bebbington

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Background

• Consultations
• Face to Face
• SD Mapping
• Gap Social Science
• Operating Model

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Model

• Hub
• Highlands Islands (Moray)
• Partner Nodes
• St Andrews
• Aberdeen
• Edinburgh
• Glasgow
• Grantown on Spey

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NSDC

• To develop an evidence base to inform choices
  about more sustainable futures.
• To evaluate actions to be taken in the name of
  sustainable development.
• To learn from the learning.

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SD Research Themes

• SD Governance
• Assessing actions of government.
• Understanding behaviour change as an outcome
• of initiatives.
• Envisioning Sustainable Economies
• Rural Health, History, Art, Social, Enterprise,
  Food,
• Land Use, Community Regeneration, Resource
• Efficiency, Employability

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Objectives

• Link SD research, teaching and KT development
  across Scotland
• Information warehouse
• Build SD research capacity
• SD interface for Community and Business
• Create SD evidence base

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Set-up Phase

• MoU
• Interim Logo Admin. Man. Systems
• Project Management
• Funding Applications
• Research Strategy Development
• Advisory Group Formation
• Official Launch

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Partners

• UHIMI
• Uni. St Andrews
• Forestry Research
• Forestry Commission
• The Wise Group
• Macaulay L U R Institute
• Cairngorms National Park Authority

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Further Support

• Scottish Funding Council
• HIE
• Scottish Government
• Scottish Enterprise
• SEPA
• SNH
• UCLan
• European Environment Agency

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Opportunities

• Increased global connections
• Smarter, Fairer, Greener
• Govt Agency collaboration
• 5, 10, 20, 50 year solutions
• Funding initiative learning legacy
• Measuring and Monitoring SD progress
• Employability

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Planned Funding

• Initial Funding 4.8m
• Region
• HI 2.8m
• Scotland 2.0m

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NSDC Future

• Official Launch 2009
• Create operating entity Aug. 2009

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National Sustainable Development Centre